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Gartner: Amazon has a fake products problem

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According to Gartner L2’s Amazon Intelligence: Third-Party Distribution Strategies Playbook report, Amazon has a substantial counterfeit products problem. Gartner estimates 33% of third-party vendor listings have at least one ...
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Google Pay offers Indian consumers loans within its mobile app

Google Pay now offers Indian consumers loans
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Google and four Indian banks will offer Indian consumers instant loans in the ultracompetitive $1 trillion Indian digital financial market. According to a Bloomberg report, “HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI ...
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Payments NEXT newsletter: Global payments news, trends, innovation

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Our weekly payments industry news this week features an update on synthetic identity fraud, record Q2 2018 target financials, e-commerce membership sales growth, a smart speaker for cryptocurrency ...
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Payments news roundup: ID fraud, Target, Alibaba, Gap, Best Buy, Netflix

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Here’s a roundup of the global payments news we’re reading heading into the weekend. Lots of new developments in identity fraud, retail ups and downs, new payments industry ...
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Synthetic identity fraud is rising; data breaches abound

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Synthetic identity fraud is a growing, evolving challenge for merchants. It arises when criminals combine real or stolen personal data with fake information to create new identities, open ...
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Target financials on target for Q2 growth, record sales

Target Q2 2018 growth
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Amid the general US retail doldrums, Target’s Q2 results stand out as a beacon of what’s possible when you have a plan, you’re disciplined in implementing it, and ...
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Can your e-commerce business cash in on the membership economy?

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According to McKinsey & Company research, e-commerce membership sites have grown more than 100% annually during the past five years. An estimated 15% of consumers have signed up ...
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Global payments news: Coffee by drone, Google store, Walmart e-commerce, Amazon theaters, US contactless cards

IBM drone-delivery of coffee
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This weekend’s reading in payments news, trends, research and innovations from around the globe is for the fast and the furious. Watch for Google’s first-ever retail store in ...
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Square’s crypto-powered Cash App bests PayPal’s Venmo for first time

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When it comes to payments apps, there’s a new sheriff in town. Square’s Cash App now has a total of 33.5 million downloads compared with PayPal Venmo’s 32.9 ...
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Asia-Pacific e-commerce will reach $2.3 trillion in 2022, powered by mobile

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Online shopping in the Asia-Pacific region will reach $1.6 trillion in 2018 and $2.3 trillion by 2022 according to a new report from GlobalData. Across the entire Asia-Pacific ...
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